8am coffee at Danny Aiello's and leave for the bus station at 9:30. We waited around and watched a guy build his bike in the station.
Tickets for the bus were easy to get online at ALSA.es. Everything is on the phone. Best thing is seniors discount starts at 60 here - 6.33€ to Granada. Mike was pointing out that it makes sense to give your old people a break but why include rich foreigners? For a few seconds I felt bad about saving 4 or 5 Euros.
We took the bus to the Granada Bus Station but getting off one stop earlier might make sense as it is actually closer to Centro. At the bus station the 33 bus takes you to Centro for 1.60€. It's about a 10 minute ride.
We stepped off the bus at the Cathedral and were immediately in tourist hell. The narrow streets were filled with tourists. I heard every language except Spanish. We had a coffee. The Alpha got absorbed into a spice shop. He did come out with some tasty nuts.
We walked along the Carrera del Darro up to the Alhambra. At the Alhambra you need picture ID. Alpha and Mike had to go to the office to get their digital stuff verified. My CA driver's license was good enough. Not a bad idea to carry the passport when out and about.
Mike and I only had tickets for the gardens. They are definitely worth seeing and have great views.
After we headed down hoping to escape the worst of the tourist restaurants but we could have gone further. Lunch wasn't bad but compared to Alcalá la Real it was really expensive. Before we finished Alpha headed off to his appointed time at the Alhambra.
Mike and I visited a few places that had big tapas. The first was similar to what we had in town and the other wasn't doing tapas yet We were not very hungry anyway. With a desire to get out of the tourist area we started walking to the bus station. We had a beer in a normal neighborhood and one at the train station.
We boarded the bus about 6:45 for a 7pm take off and started wondering if Alpha was going to make it. He jumped on with about a minute to spare. He had been charging his phone in the station so it wasn't as dramatic as we had hoped.
At home I headed to bed as Mike leaves tomorrow and we have to be on the road shortly after 6am.
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